The Source of Temptation James 1:13-18 Where does temptation come from? Sometimes the desire and craving for things upon the earth are almost unbearable. We see something and we know that it is wrong, that we should not have it or do it, but the desire and craving become so strong that we can hardly stand it. The craving may be for things such as...• having one's own way• doing one's own thing• food• immoral sex• position or advancement• recognition or authority• alcohol• cigarettes• pornography • clothes• possessions.This is what temptation is: the desire and craving for wrong things, things that God forbids and that are harmful to our human bodies and spirits. No matter what it is—even if man justifies and says that it is acceptable—it is sin if God says that it is wrong and if it harms our bodies and spirits.Temptation is not of God. Man is always blaming someone else for tempting him and leading him into sin. When Adam and Eve fell into sin, God found Adam and asked him what had happened. Adam, trying to escape the guilt, did just what all of us are prone to do: he said, "the woman who you gave me tempted me" (Genesis 3:12). Then when God turned to Eve, Eve said: "the serpent deceived me" (Genesis 3:13). Man seldom takes responsibility for his own wrong-doing.God is good and perfect.God is the Father of lights and He is unchangeable. God wills only to see us born again. He wills for us to know the Word of truth. We can all be like the first fruits of the vine, a new fruit, a new creature that is unlike the physical creature that we are upon this material earth.
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Coming from Arab, Alabama, and growing up in Tampa, Fla. I moved with my family to Georgia in 1969. I was saved by God’s marvelous Grace in September 1972 at Blue Springs Baptist Church located down the road from North Cobb High School in Acworth, Ga. Called to preach at 16...
